Inmate kills self with razor

The Bollinger County coroner says a county jail inmate slashed his left arm and bled to death. Inmate Charles Daniel Hovis of Marble Hill was alone in his cell. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. The Sheriff says Hovis used a razor blade or part of a razor blade to open his veins. He was being held on seven charges including assault on a law enforcement officer and two drug charges.